Balancing duals

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Jul 10, 2008 | 04:12 PM

Monsta

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Balancing duals

I recently got all 6 wheels on this RV I'm using balanced. It took care of a high frequency vibration in the front that I had but not a the low frequency I get from the rears.

When the wheels are remounted, is there some special precaution that must be taken? Do the weights on both wheels have to line up or something?

What I'm wondering is can balanced wheels still create an imbalance between themselves if they aren't mounted "correctly"?

Jul 10, 2008 | 04:54 PM

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I would think a balanced tire is a balanced tire, and it should be smooth. theres no way for two balanced tires to cause each other to be unbalanced. and if they were not mounted correctly, you would be well aware of the problem on the first drive. I think your problem is elsewhere unless they didn't balance the tires correctly to begin with.

Jul 10, 2008 | 05:24 PM

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Funny thing - my '96 t-bird and '97 cougar both had a front-end imbalance that was obvious at around 35MPH and 70MPH.

If you line up the valve-stem with the stud with the yellow paint on it, for some reason it GOES AWAY. The yellow painted stud comes from the factory that way - a little trick I learned from an MN12 website.

This is with high-speed balancing on the wheels, on EVERY set of tires I've ever had on both cars.

Weird that you get it in the rear though...

But back to my point. That balanced wheels somehow ARE NOT completely balanced for some reason. I've heard that getting them balanced on the vehicle makes it go away too.

Can they do it on the vehicle?

Jul 10, 2008 | 05:38 PM

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The wheels should have a stamped indent on the tire bead portion of the wheel. These indents should be as close to 180 degrees apart from each other while still allowing the inner valve stem to be accessed thru one of the hand holes in the outer wheel. Failure to place the indents 180 degrees apart can result in a vibration condition...

Also, the wheel weights do not need to be lined up...